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NBC Story about Hacking at Sochi is 100% Fraudulent

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Re: NBC Story about Hacking at Sochi is 100% Fraudulent

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Post by auctiontheory »

sailfast wrote: post #117
beagle3 wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But "at will" means you can be fired for any reason except if the reason is "being in a protected class". Those include pregnant women, for examples. It is so ridiculous it is funny. In the US, the law guarantees NO paid maternity leave, but you can't fire a pregnant lady. So, as soon as she gives birth, you can stop paying her (but not fire her), and then, two weeks after she comes back from maternity leave, you can…

It is true that the US does not guarantee maternity / paternity leave, however many companies do have it, and some are very generous. It's a great incentive to get good people on board. While I agree that a minimum is a good idea (though not sure how it would be legislated in practice) I also appreciate that the lack of labor regulation in the US results in a labor force and companies that are more responsive to chan…

AFAIK only a small number of "elite" employers offer generous maternity leave, and it's nothing approaching, say, Scandinavian standards.

Re: NBC Story about Hacking at Sochi is 100% Fraudulent

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Post by auctiontheory »

tuxracer wrote: post #69
victoro wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> it's easier to cherry-pick examples Prior to the Civil Rights Movement, the US was a highly segregated country mostly because of "cherry picked" examples from the deep south. Federal law exists in part to put the entire country on the same page with respect to basic liberties. Its not OK for me to have more freedom of speech in California than in Texas, so why should it be OK for an LGBT individual to have more bas…

Because LGBT is not a federally protected class http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_class

Begging the question.

Re: NBC Story about Hacking at Sochi is 100% Fraudulent

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Post by sp332 »

josteink wrote: post #91
sdegutis wrote: post #40

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Reminds me of VB GUI IP tracking[1] and double keyboarding[2]. [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU [2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8qgehH3kEQ

Double keyboarding? That's certainly new to me. Not sure I think HN should be a place to post memes like this all the time, but still: thanks for posting.

The double keyboarding was a joke by the writers of the show. Unfortunately, I think the VB GUI was supposed to be serious.

Re: NBC Story about Hacking at Sochi is 100% Fraudulent

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Post by sp332 »

smsm42 wrote: post #72
znowi wrote: post #50

I yet to see a single positive report on the Sochi Olympics. If I was a conspiracy theorist, I might think there's a semi-hidden agenda to discredit the games.

You mean when you come to the hotel you booked months in advance and they say there's no room for you and then when you finally get one you have the bathroom leaking and the curtains falling down - and then you complain about it, it must be the hidden agenda to discredit? The guys there at Sochi obviously screwed up the hospitality part. If they didn't screw up the games part, as soon as the games open, the tone woul…

If Shaun White is complaining about your course being unsafe, it's probably really bad http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/sports&id=9420...

Re: NBC Story about Hacking at Sochi is 100% Fraudulent

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Post by nicholassmith »

adamnemecek wrote: post #68
powertower wrote: post #20

Can we please get back to discussing how Russia is abusing the US yogurt company Chobani by not letting its yogurt cups into the country. This is all over the news wire, every outlet is reporting on it, the Obama administration has intervened, and it needs to be on top page of HN like now. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/nyregion/russia-blocking-a... (*sarcasm) Is there any story about Russia right now that's not a…

"The relationship between the United States and Russia is deeply strained,..." What a wasted opportunity for a "strained yogurt" pun.

Even more wasted was a 'the relationship has soured'.

Re: NBC Story about Hacking at Sochi is 100% Fraudulent

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Post by smsm42 »

aquadrop wrote: post #100
smsm42 wrote: post #94

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Maybe in London when you get a hotel room doorknobs do not fall off?

Or maybe they do, but nobody makes international issue from that?

Sure, everybody has agreed to hide leaking toilets and falling off doorknobs in London but emphasize it in Russia. I'm sure Elders of Zion or reptiloid Martians are behind that. Keep wearing that tinfoil hat.

Re: NBC Story about Hacking at Sochi is 100% Fraudulent

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Post by smsm42 »

Mikeb85 wrote: post #77
smsm42 wrote: post #76

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As opposed to other winners of Russian singer contests which are regularly given extensive coverage in prime time on CNN. Come on. 99% of US population probably don't know Russia has American Idol-like program, and of those who do, 99% don't care who won it.

I don't even care about the US 'Idol' contest...

Neither should you. So you're doing it right.

Re: NBC Story about Hacking at Sochi is 100% Fraudulent

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Post by saraid216 »

adobriyan wrote: post #121
ochekurishvili wrote: post #118

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And Russian reaction was correct right? Ignore boundaries of sovereign state (Georgia), annex its' territories outside of conflict zone (Gori, Georgia) and all in order to "defend their friends". Are you aware that Russia perfectly timed it's Kavkaz 2008 military training near the border of Georgian Region of South Osetia? Just several days earlier before conflict heated up. And what Russia does when conflict begins?…

> And Russian reaction was correct right? So, it's Russia bringing itself to war only to screw up media coverage of China olympics. Nice conspiracy theory...

Sure, but you have to remember this is HN. Conspiracy theories are always correct.

Re: NBC Story about Hacking at Sochi is 100% Fraudulent

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Post by smsm42 »

Demiurge wrote: post #116
smsm42 wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are many things I am sure they would agree on. Murder is bad. Theft is bad. I haven't read any positive thing in the press about murder or theft. Is it because they are all bought by anti-theft cabal or is it because they actually agree on it being bad? Maybe they just think Putin is bad and the preparation for Olympics was completely messed up. As for positive reports - news usually aren't positive. It always…

Yes, there is two things you can count on as purest evil, and that us murder, and anything Russian. Good point.

Except I never said that. But keep talking to your imaginary friend, I'm sure actually addressing points made in discussion is much less entertaining.

Re: NBC Story about Hacking at Sochi is 100% Fraudulent

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Post by beagle3 »

sailfast wrote: post #117
beagle3 wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But "at will" means you can be fired for any reason except if the reason is "being in a protected class". Those include pregnant women, for examples. It is so ridiculous it is funny. In the US, the law guarantees NO paid maternity leave, but you can't fire a pregnant lady. So, as soon as she gives birth, you can stop paying her (but not fire her), and then, two weeks after she comes back from maternity leave, you can…

It is true that the US does not guarantee maternity / paternity leave, however many companies do have it, and some are very generous. It's a great incentive to get good people on board. While I agree that a minimum is a good idea (though not sure how it would be legislated in practice) I also appreciate that the lack of labor regulation in the US results in a labor force and companies that are more responsive to chan…

In european countries you get between 3 and 12 months of paid maternity/paternity leave by law (in some countries, maternity only, in others, 12 months divide between parents). In some countries you can extend this by 3-6 month of unpaid leave while still protected against termination.

> I also appreciate that the lack of labor regulation in the US results in a labor force and companies that are more responsive to change than in Europe and other places that are heavily regulated.

companies that are more "responsive to change"? What does this mean? Yes, they respond more easily to quarterly results by firing, but I don't know of anyone outside of Wall Street that considers this a good thing.

The US labour situation is all fcked up, sorry - up until last year, health insurance was tied to employers (meaning people kept working in places they hated, or did not start a new venture, for health coverage). Now, it's just ultra expensive and tied to a location. (Moved? unlikely you can keep your coverage)

Some places in Europe are fcked up in the other extreme - e.g. I've heard from people in Austria and in Denmark that they won't hire employees because they won't be able to fire them without a year's notice.

But the e.g. UK, Northern Ireland, Sweden and Germany are doing fine on the both the health care and labour law fronts.

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